Railway-tie.



H. HILLE.

RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3,1908.

Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

Inventor.

Afimne y.

IIERMANN HILLE, OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Application filed September 3, 1908. Serial No. 451,530.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN HILLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oak Park, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in metallic railway ties, theobject being to provide a device of this character which is durable butinexpensive in construction, and which is provided with means wherebyrails may be fastened by spikes in the usual manner.

A further object is to provide a tie having wooden blocks which may bereadily secured in the tie and not only designed to receive the spikesemployed for fastening the rails in position, but to form a resilientconnection between the rail and the tie.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in View, my invention consists in pockets or channelsformed in metal ties adapted to receive wooden blocks, which blocks arein turn designed to receive the rail securing spikes and are inserted inthe pockets or channels. As is well known when rigid connections areformed between rails and metallic ties, the vibrations of a heavy trainespecially when rounding curves cause heavy transverse or shearingstresses, but these diiliculties may be overcome by interposingresilient members such as wooden blocks between the rail securing spikesand the metallic portions of the ties.

My invention further consists in certain details of construction andarrangements of parts all as will be hereinafter fully described andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and inwhich,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the preferred construction of myimproved railway tie, Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of thetie showing a wooden block and rail securing spike, Fig. 3 is atransverse section taken on the line xx of Fig. 2 and Figs. 4 and 5 aredetail perspective views.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 indicates a metallic tie of channelform. A pocket 2 is stamped integral with the tie which may be eitherpolygonal or circular in cross section as desired. A wooden block 3 isformed to fit securely in the pocket 2 in such a manner that the grainof the wood is substantially arallel with the rail securing spike. Therail 5 seats directly on the metallic portion of the tie adjacent to thepocket 2, but the rail spike is secured as shown in the Wooden block 3.The vibrations of the rails 5 and the spikes 4 are indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 2.

I have specified wood as the preferred material for the blocks, but itis understood that any other material of a similar nature may be used.Or wood may be used and treated with creosote or other preservatives ifdeemed desirable. The blocks are not necessarily secured in pockets, butmay be secured in transverse channels in the tie as shown in Fig. 5.

While I have shown what I deem to be the preferred form of my device, Ido not wish to be limited thereto, as there might be many changes madein the arrangement of parts and details of construction withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention what I. claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

1. In a railway the two rails and a plurality of ties forming metallicbearings for the rails the full width of the ties, and each of said tiesbeing provided with pockets and blocks secured in said pockets, thealternate ties having the pockets arranged upon the outer sides of therail and the intermediate ties having the pockets arranged upon theinner sides of the rails, substantially as described.

2. In a metallic railway tie, a body portion, said body portion havingpockets formed integrally therewith and interposed. between the sidesthereof, said pockets having sides parallel to the sides of said bodyportion and obliquely disposed parallel sides whereby said pockets arearranged at one side of the rail and extend obliquely thereunder, blockssecured in said pockets, rail se curing spikes in said blocks, and thegrain of said blocks being substantially parallel with said spikes,substantially as described.

3. In a railway,' a rail and a plurality of In testimony whereof I havesigned Iny metallic ties, pockets formed in said ties at name to thisspecification in the presence of the side of said rail, and blockssecured in two subscribing Witnesses.

said pockets, the pockets in the consecutive HERMANN HILLE. 5 tiesextending obliquely beneath the rail in Witnesses:

opposite directions, substantially as de- JANET E. HOGAN,

scribed. ANNA L. EKVALL.

